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Hey offdapegs,
If the water isn't RO/DI or even if the RO membrane is old its possible the water still has phosphates. Have you done a water change since cycling the live rock? There was probably a lot of organic phosphates released when the rock died off. I'm not sure what to say about the baking soda but I know there are lots of methods to affect pH so I'm gonna let someone else help you with that -- don't want to give you bad info! I don't think its a bad idea to run carbon or a phosphate sponge just be sure to read the directions on the phosphate sponge as some work quickly (like 24 hours) but then need to be removed as they can leach phosphates back into the water. Lastly, a good brand phosphate test kit should be accurate but note that some can't detect organic phosphates which algae are capable of using so a reading of zero sometiems doesn't really mean zero. Can anyone recommend a brand of phosphate test kit?
Good luck and HTH,
Kevin
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